Has anyone here gone from a Crappy GMAT score to 700? 
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on 7/28/10 at 2:25pm
When it comes to standardized testing, I basically suck.
Im scoring between 530-600 on MGMAT practice tests. I studied for a few months and burned out.
Now I decided to take it up again and try to get it over with. My biggest weakness is Verbal (v31) so im thinking that instead of doing everything, I can just focus on it, until I get a lot better at it. Ill be using the Powerscore CR bible, and the Manhattan GMAT guides + OG guides.
Does anyone have any stories of how they went from a bad score to 700 and above?
I went from 480 to 640 to
I went from 480 to 640 to 720. There was a 3 year gap between the 480 and 640--and I did not prep at all for the first try. I crammed for 2 months straight and took 10 computer-adaptive practice tests scoring in the 660-710 range, and then scored 640 on the real one. I took the test again a month later with minimal prep and got a 720. I think I was just nervous when I got the 640.
It pays to be nice to the people you meet on the way up, for they are the same people you meet on the way down.
–Walter Winchell
From what I've heard during
From what I've heard during my prep for the GMAT the MGMAT tests are the hardest of all the computer adaptive practice tests out there. So, that is some good news. Also, verbal is usually easier to improve than math bc you can make up a lot of ground on sentence correction (it is basically memorizing rules and applying them). So if you are struggling with verbal focus most of your attention there, it is the easiest to improve. Good luck.
I probably had a 490 had i
I probably had a 490 had i not cheated on my first diagnostic (stopped the clock). I think I got about 5 math questions right (verbal was cake). Did about 6 weeks of MGMAT self-prep, and scored over 700 on my first and only attempt at the real thing. Granted, i was consistently in the 90's on verbal so I just needed to work on math, which i would argue is easier to improve than verbal, but either way it can be done.
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One of my friends went from
One of my friends went from around 640 to 780. Studied hard and practiced for months. Very smart guy, should have went to an Ivy. 640 really isn't crappy though.
When I took it, i studied for
When I took it, i studied for a week. The 1st practice exam I took was low 500's. At the end of the week, night before the actual exam, i scored 580....and I was kinda freaking out.
In the actual exam the next day, i scored a 690.
How I studied is i just did practice problems over and over all week. By the end of the week, it was as if I knew what a question was asking and what the answer would be even before finishing reading the question.